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1: Welcome & Introduction Native STAND Consent Native STAND Journey Risky Business Worksheet Native STAND Contract NATIVE STAND CONSENT FORM Student: I agree to participate in Native STAND (Native Students Together Against Negative Decisions), a program that will teach me how to make healthy decisions concerning my health and to avoid pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Group sessions will provide information on healthy-decision making and prevention. The program will teach ways that may help me avoid or lower the risk of STDs, HIV, and pregnancy, refuse unwanted propositions, and form stable relationships with others. As a Native STAND member, I understand that I will be asked to practice how I would handle pressures from other people. The program will also teach me how to share this information with others. I understand that all discussions in the group and my conversations with the project staff are confidential. They will not be revealed to my parents or anyone else. Any written evaluations that I complete for this project will be confidential and my name will not be placed on them. These evaluations will include questions about my personal knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to sex. My name will never appear on any report of the project or its results. I choose to participate in this project voluntarily. I understand that I am free to stop any time I wish. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Native STAND Member signature Date ________________________________________________________________________________________ Native STAND Project Director signature Date Parent/Guardian: I understand the nature of the Native STAND program my child will be participating in, and I hereby give my full permission for him or her to participate in the program in its entirety. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian signature Date Parent/Guardian (in print): _______________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Phone Number(s): _______________________________________________ NNaattiivvee SSTTAANNDD JJoouurrnneeyy How can I help my peers make good decisions? How can I talk to others about protecting themselves from STDs, HIV, and pregnancy? How do I protect myself? What’s a healthy relationship? Am I in one now? How do I have one? Who am I? What do I know? What’s important to me? Risky Business What % of Native students think they are slightly or very overweight? _______% Is this more or less than all high school students think? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day? ________% Is this more or less than all high school students eat? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students has ever tried cigarettes? __________% Is this more or less than all high school students? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students drank alcohol at least once in the last month? ______% Is this more or less than all high school students? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students had 5 or more alcoholic drinks within a couple of hours of each other in the last month? ______% Is this more or less than all high school students drank? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students have ever had sex? ____% Is this more or less than all high school students have had? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students have had sex with 4 or more people during their life? ______% Is this more or less than all high school students have had? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% What % of Native students attempted suicide 1 or more times in the past year? ______% Is this more or less than all high school students? More Less (Circle one) Answer: Native Students=_________% All Students=_________% Native STAND Contract As a participant in Native STAND, I agree to: ¹ Attend every session unless an emergency arises. ¹ Be on time for sessions and activities. ¹ Participate to my fullest in each session. ¹ Learn with an open mind and respect the ideas and feelings of others, even if they are different from my own. ¹ Not discuss anything personal that is said or done in the group with anyone outside the group. ¹ Serve as a positive role model among my peers. ¹ Provide my peers with factual information about STD, HIV, and teen pregnancy prevention. ¹ Encourage my peers to be abstinent or to reduce their sexual risk taking. ¹ Support fellow Native STAND participants in their personal decisions as long as they are choosing to reduce the risks they take. ¹ Discuss with the adult facilitator any problems, concerns, suggestions, or questions I have. Signed _______________________________________ Date _____________________ 2: Team Building Words of Wisdom Man in the Maze Ojibwe Dreamcather Legend IIff yyoouu hhaavvee oonnee hhuunnddrreedd ppeeooppllee wwhhoo lliivvee ttooggeetthheerr,, aanndd iiff eeaacchh oonnee ccaarreess ffoorr tthhee rreesstt,, tthheerree iiss OOnnee MMiinndd.. Shining Arrows, Crow, 1972 MMaann iinn tthhee MMaazzee This figure is called Se:he or I’itoi (“Big Brother”) in the Tohono O'odham language. He is shown at the top of a labyrinth, or maze, and is often referred to as the “Man in the Maze”. For the Tohono O’odham, the symbol represents a person's journey through life. The twists and turns represent choices made in life; with each turn, man becomes more understanding and stronger as a person. In the middle of the maze, a person finds their dreams and goals. At the center (the last turn in the design), man has a final opportunity to look back upon his or her choices and path before they pass into the next world. Several other tribes related to the Tohono O’odham use the same or similar symbol, sometimes with a slightly different interpretation.) Here is how Alfreda Antone, a Tohono O’odham tribal member, sees Se:he and the labyrinth: "Elder Brother lived in the maze ... and the reason why he lived in the maze was because ... I think how I'm gonna say this ... magician or oh, medicine man that can disappear, and that can do things, heal people and things like that ... that was Elder Brother ... Se:he ... they called him ... he lived in there ... but he had a lot of enemies so he made that, and to live in there people would go in there but they couldn't find him ... they would turn around and go back. "But in real life ... when you look at the maze you start from the top and go into the maze ... your life, you go down and then you reach a place where you have to turn around ... maybe in your own life you fall, something happens in your home, you are sad, you pick yourself up and you go on through the maze ... you go on and on and on ... so many places in there you might ... maybe your child died ... or maybe somebody died, or you stop, you fall and you feel bad ... you get up, turn around and go again ... when you reach that middle of the maze ... that's when you see the Sun God and the Sun God blesses you and says you have made it ... that's where you die. "The maze is a symbol of life ... happiness, sadness ... and you reach your goal ... there's a dream there, and you reach that dream when you get to the middle of the maze ... that's how I was told, my grandparents told me that's how the maze is." OOjjiibbwwee DDrreeaammccaattcchheerr LLeeggeenndd1 This is the way the old Ojibwe say Spider Woman helped bring Grandfather Sun back to the people. To this day, Spider Woman will build her special lodge before dawn. If you are awake at dawn—as you should be—look for her lodge and you will see how she captured the sunrise as the light sparkles on the dew which is gathered there. Spider Woman took care of her children, the people of the land, and she continues to do so to this day. Long ago, in the ancient world of the Ojibwe Nation, the Clans were all located in one area called Turtle Island. When the Ojibwe Nation dispersed to the four corners of North America, Spider Woman had a difficult time making journeys to all those baby cradle boards, so the mothers, sisters, and grandmothers weaved magical webs for the new babies using willow hoops and sinew. The shape of the circle represents how Grandfather Sun travels across the sky. The dreamcatcher filters out the bad dreams and allows only good thoughts to enter into our minds when we are asleep. A small hope in the center of the dreamcatcher is where the good dreams come through. With the first rays of sunlight, the bad dreams will perish. When we see little Spider Woman, we should not fear her, but instead repect and protect her. In honor of their origin, many dreamcatchers have eight points where the web connects to the hoop (eight points for Spider Woman’s eight legs). Some people place a feather in the center of the dreamcatcher, to symbolize breath or air. From the cradle board, a baby can watch the air play with the feather and be happily entertained with the blowing feather. 1 Adapted from http://www.cynaunltd.com/dreamcatcher 3. Acting Out Words of Wisdom People, Places, & Things You, whose day it is, make it beautiful. Get your rainbow colors, so it will be beautiful. Nootka song to bring fair weather PEOPLE PLACES THINGS VAMPIRE SWAMP RUSTY NAIL RAPPER BARBER SHOP TEA CUP SHAKIRA ZOO NEON LIGHT DORA THE GRAND CANYON TROPHY EXPLORER CRUELLA DE VIL ROLLERCOASTER SURF BOARD SNOOP DOG TAXI HAMMER BARACK OBAMA ALLEY BOOK OF POETRY IRON MAN MOON AFRICAN DRUM ARNOLD UNDERWATER METAL DETECTOR SCHWARZENEGGER SANTA CLAUS BEACH DOG COLLAR 4: Culture & Tradition Words of Wisdom Medicine Wheel What is an Elder? We should be as water, which is lower than all things yet stronger than even rock.